Horseshoe



G. K.' FLOWER. Horseshoe.

Nd. 237,102. Pa ented Feb. 1, |881.

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NsPETERS, PHOTD-L|THOGHAPNE WASHINGTON. DC.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

GEORGE K. FLOWER, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

HORSESHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 237,102, dated February 1, 1881.

Application filed December 18, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE K. FLOWER, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Horseshoes, of which the following is a specification.

rPhe object of my invention is to provide a safe, expeditious, and inexpensive method of roughin g horses for Winter travel, by inserting .into the shoes steel or iron calks with projecting heads in such a manner that they will not become loosened by use, and still may be easily removed at Will.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the manner in which the object of my invention is attained, similar letters referring to similar parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a horseshoe having calks with pointed heads inserted in the calk-bases ofthe shoe, B C C indicating the toe and heely calk bases of the shoe, and D D2 D3 D4 the heads of the calks, with stems or shanks G, for insertion into the calkbases.

Figs. 2 |and 3 are section al views with curved or angular lines, which indicate the direction of the orifices in the shoe and ofthe shanks of the calks passing through the same.

The dotted line H, Fig. 4, indicates the bending of the shank due to its insertion in the crooked or curved orifice.

Fig. 5 indicates a c-alk having a curved shank, G', and Fig. 6 a shoe With a straight oritice passing through one of the calk-bases, in Which said calk is inserted.

In the following description the mode of application and use of my invention are fully set forth.

Horseshoes bein g made with angular, curved, or laterally-inclined orifices in each heel-calk base G C, extending from the bottom of the calk-base to the upper angle or bend of the shoe, close behind the bearing-point ofthe heel of the horses foot, and other orifices being made in the toe of the shoe from the bottom The insertion of the calks into the calli-bases may be done either before or after the shoein g of the horse, and the calks or fragments thereof may be driven back from the top without removing the shoes from the horses feet. In this manner one set of shoes will outlast many sets of calks, and thereby save the labor, time, and expense of removing the shoes to be sharpened or for repairs.

My invention consists in having the orifices in the shoes so differing from the shape of the shank of the calks before their insertion that the bending ot' the latter in their passage through the orifices will cause them to stay there with sufficient permanency for use, allowing at the same time an easy removal of the calks, when desired.

I claim- The improved horseshoe described and shown, comprehendng a shoe and integral calk-bases perforated from below upward, for the reception of the stems of the oalksproper, said perforations being severally curved or crooked, and calks made separate, but ooniined to the shoe by the curvature or crook of the stem due to its having been driven through said holes or perforations in the operation of attaching said calks.

GEORGE K. FLOWER.

Witnesses ANNIE D. FLOWER, B. F. LAWN. 

